galpy.orbit.Orbit.from_name

classmethod Orbit.from_name(name, vo=None, ro=None, zo=None, solarmotion=None)

NAME:

from_name

PURPOSE:

given the name of an object, retrieve coordinate information for that object from SIMBAD and return a corresponding orbit

INPUT:

name - the name of the object

+standard Orbit initialization keywords:

ro= distance from vantage point to GC (kpc; can be Quantity)

vo= circular velocity at ro (km/s; can be Quantity)

zo= offset toward the NGP of the Sun wrt the plane (kpc; can be Quantity; default = 25 pc)

solarmotion= ‘hogg’ or ‘dehnen’, or ‘schoenrich’, or value in [-U,V,W]; can be Quantity

OUTPUT:

orbit containing the phase space coordinates of the named object

HISTORY:

2018-07-15 - Written - Mathew Bub (UofT)